Now here's the Database link: http://tinyurl.com/m6syzt4 >And thanks to everyone who has contributed, and who continues to contribute, to our Database. It is such valuable information, and allows

Thank you Dr. Kellon, > We have roughly twice as many horses on Prascend in the low dose categories (22% vs 10%) but 215 out of the total 268 horses are on compounded drugs. Also, some of the

---In EquineCushings@..., <jenmcgeehan@...> wrote : I went on line and it indicated that Cyproheptadine (Periactin) doesn't seem to be anywhere near as effective compared to Pergolide. But I didn't

Dr. Cartmill was the first to make the correlation between high leptin and IR in horses. His dissertation is

Thank you so much, ladies, for your swift assurances that my gelding is indeed not the outlier of leptin resistance that I fretted over. He is, in fact, in good company it seems! :) I find it very

My Morgan mare's Leptin level was 8.8 back in February. I have been able to keep her insulin levels down right around mid-range (non-fasting) and she has been doing well. I will retest her Leptin in a

I only joined a couple of months ago but I am deeply grateful for this group and the dedicated volunteers. EC is a devastating diagnosis to come to terms with. Without this group I don't know how I

---In EquineCushings@..., <drkellon@...> wrote : >>>>>>>>>>I just want to emphasize that each and every person on this group is important.,<<<<<<<<<< So true Dr. K , but I'm not letting you put down

Hi Kerry, Know of one member whose mini came back with a leptin of 15.66 so yours is not that bad in comparison. Lavinia, Dante, George Too and Peanut Jan 05, RI EC Support Team

Bella's leptin was 10.89 back in 2011. Insulin 79.66, glucose 88 and ACTH 24. All done at Cornell. Fat and blubbery like a walrus, over 200lbs overweight. She was ~20 years old at the time. She's a

Hi Kerry, My 20+yo Shadow's leptin is >9 ng/ml. Based on some reading of human research papers, I am correlating it to his huge, nondiminshing appetite. He is a TWH, so called easy keeper and has

Aloha from Hawaii! It has been a long time since I came to this site for help...So glad to have your input on a new situation with my 32-year old Palomino - Smoke Signal Dun. He has been on

We soak 4 lbs. of cubes for my partner's Appy in the am and use roughly 3/4 of a 2 gallon bucket of water. At night, he gets 5 lbs. of cubes and a full 2 gallons of water. It depends on how "soupy"

I have an Icelandic Horse 20 yo that is Cushings and IR and a 9 yo donkey that I assume is IR (never tested). Ferne Fedeli No. California 4/2010

So my gelding's leptin came back 8.32 ng/mL (norm 1-4). He's the 7yo Saddlebred with inexplicable nervous behavior that has been on gabapentin since April, 2014. He recently came up with two high

I just want to emphasize that each and every person on this group is important. There is no way we could do what we do with only one person manning the group. Not only would that one person starve to

Thanks for the reply. I am very aware I how to titrate the pergolide. I have already purchased the APF and will ask your specific instructions when I start treatment. And when pergolide is started I

Can't get on Yahoo try rod Johnson at horse tech he said he would help me good luck

Rather than go down the list of hay gurus ( as i started and was respectfully asked to look further as first person I inquired of was super busy at this time) I am tossing out a request for anyone

Hi Ruth, >Orange tag on the bottom says Premium Timothy cubes. I appearsmy assumption was correct. Especially for new members,I was trying to clarify whether you were talking about Timothy cubes, or